Kids' playgrounds are supposed to be a hub for a child's imagination, so the designs must yield to creativity. While Danish brands such as LEGO and MONSTRUM are superstars with innovative playset creations, some jungle gym designers just seem to miss the mark.
Below is a compilation of playground design fails that are far from friendly. Who knew that once wholesome characters like Frosty, the Snowman or Spiderman could become so inappropriate with just a few bad design placements. Yes, some of these backyard playgrounds are so disturbing you will wonder how the designer or parents missed it. Scroll down below to see photos of hilariously shady playground equipment that are definitely not age-appropriate, but are sure to give you a good laugh. Don't forget to upvote your favs!
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Kids dont see the same thing you know. Only adults see an old snatch there.
Load More Replies...LOL, there's a quite common curse in Romanian, sending someone back into their mother's...uhhh, you get the point.
Load More Replies...Mommy where did I come from? Let's demonstrate with this slide...
You really want a picture of your child pushing through this...
All Aboard Thomas The Existential Angst Engine
Yeah... she thought she could, she thought she could, she thought she could... but couldn't :(
Load More Replies..."MAMAAAAA OOOOHHHHH. I DON'T WANNA DIE, I SOMETIMEE WISH I'D NEVER BEEN BORN AT ALL"
Really? For Kids To Play?
Depends how you look at it. It can be quite useful for explaining how did they came to existence.. OR NOT.
Unless your own dirty mind reads imaginary stuff into the picture, there is nothing to be upset about. This reminds me more of how we see faces in just about anything.
Um, i don't think anyone is worried about seeing a face in this but yes it's called pareidolia.
Load More Replies...Kids this along with the pirates one is where babies come from ok goodnight
Uhhh... You Alright There, Pikachu?
People who spent too much time in the wrong areas of the Internet.
Load More Replies...I think there's a fertility/sexuality goddess that kind of poses like that.
Just A Regular Russian Playground, Nothing To See Here
My Friend Is In South Korea And She Saw This In A Playground
In Romania we have this game called "thick milk" . The kids sit like this, head under the bottom of the next kid while firmly grasping his legs. Then someone yells "thick milk" and jumps on their backs, as close as the standing kid as possible. Then another kid does the same and another and another until a big pile forms and the "human centipede" fails and all kids fall. It's a fun game, like leaping frog, but with waaay more friends.
It is a game. We also have it in Mexico, we call it "The grounded donkey". Here is a clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNCeVKOx7_Y
Thanks for the explanation, Carlos, but my goodness, that game looks savage! My back and neck hurt just from watching your clip.
Load More Replies...It's actualy a popular game in eastern Europe. When I was a kid I used to play it often.
Can you explain the game to us? A lot of us a very confused.
Load More Replies...The worst part is, that's the most innocent it can look, add children to this in any way and it looks worse
This is a common game in South Korea. The losing team assume this position. The winning team jumps and sits at the backs of the losing team. The catch here is if the losing team can hold unto the weight of the winning team.
It’s not at a playground but in front of a National outdoor museum in Seoul, South Korea! I saw it on my trip there and was like WTF. It’s not like it’s even hidden off to the side. You can see it from the road and pass it to get into one of the side gates to visit one of the palaces.
This a game in which 2 teams compete. Team 1 bends down and Team 2 jumps onto them. Team 1 should be strong enough not to fall down until the last member of Team 2 jumps. All Team 2 members should keep their balance, noone is allowed to fall down too. So it's a game of strength and balance. Very entertaining and a little bit harsh. Never seen a girl playing this game. (a common game in Turkey) Link if you want to check it out: https://youtu.be/7S7t7yRicDA
In NYC, it's called Johnny Ride the Pony, except that's not where you put your head.
Load More Replies...Ouch
Child: WEEEEEEEEE Child: WEEEEEEEEE Child: WEEEEEEEEE Child: *roblox death sound*
You're right look at the screw holes neither side of the slide tube
Load More Replies...The last part of the slide is missing, as evidenced by the empty bolt holes. To clarify, this is not a design fail, this is a maintenance fail.
I just hope a child doesn’t end up with a broken leg. Law suit anyone?
Load More Replies...This ones just broken, you can see the holes where there should be another section bolted onto it, which makes it slightly more forgivable than say the creepy childapede a few photos up.
The bottom-most segment of the slide came off, and no one put it back on.
Load More Replies...But Why
This is Kyiv, Ukraine, and it is not a playground but a street art composition. Which us really cool to be around!:) It makes people smile :)
At Central Park in Songdo (S.Korea), there is a water fountain kinda thing with human size sculptures of people and a dog pee real water. The characters are made to look cartoony and funny. Here it's considered as childish humor. And then you have those Renaissance Rome water fountains pleasing the crowd with peeing baby angels in Europe. We're not that different after all. I find it amusing.
Never Split Your Legs When You Slide Down
This Mickey Mouse At A Local Play Park
No, not you. The person who designed this nightmare of a rodent.
Load More Replies...Not Exactly The Right Place For A Playground
i can see myself slipping. slipping when it’s dry. slipping when I’m walking slowly. this is my problem ;-;
The Ad for the apartments says "great playground & pool for the kids".
Spiderman Bounce House
The pump that inflates the castle probably needs to be inserted into the a**s... because, spiderman
Wait for the 2020 upgrade with a same size figurine of james franco standing behind spiderman "pumping"
Load More Replies...I'm kinda ashamed that I know this, but that's not what Spider-Man's but looks like...
After years now we and our kids know what its look like web pattern on spidey crocth..
Well That's A Penis...
The poor cook looks like he's very worried or in pain, or both. What's the yellow part actually supposed to be anyway?
If You’re A 10 Foot Child And Want To Learn Braille Do I Have The Playground For You!
I'm 5 foot 10 inches and this makes me feel short.
Load More Replies...I wonder how many kids have fallen and cracked their skulls trying to touch that plaque. If you put it up, a child will touch it.
Am I the only one who noticed that there’s actually no Braille on there?
Newly blind children are encouraged to climb up the structure on the right, lean waaayyy over, and practice their Braille.
This is what happens when you let adults think they know what kids want.
This Awful Slide Placement
c’mon man... we’re trying to ~not~ drive the elephants to extinction...
I don't see anything wrong here 😂. It kinda reminds me of a slide in my hometown. A slide which starts in the mouth of a giant and...well, he digests kids
They had to choose between climbing in the elephant's mouth and sliding out the other end or climbing stairs into its butt and sliding out its trunk. I guess they stayed with physiologically correct.
This Terrifying Playground For Children
screw fire this needs an airstrike.
Load More Replies...Same here! I can totally see myself with my friends and/or siblings play-pretending we're the Power Rangers fighting this evil creature. And then it captures one by one, but we manage to escape as we're sliding down out of it. ♥
Load More Replies...OK, so this is the Monster or Golem Slide, in a park in Jerusalem made by the famous French-American sculptor, painter, and filmmaker Niki de Saint Phalle. She was one of the few women artists widely known for monumental sculpture. This one is from the early 1970ies. (Oh yes, I am certain that some of you will be absolutely aghast with her surname)
thanks! i saw this and thought: what an awesome slide, why is everybody complaining about it? creative and funny design, i would be habby to play here, even as an adult!
Load More Replies...That`s a famous one. "The Monster" in Jerusalem. Designed by artist Nikki de Saint-Phalle who also created the Nanas.
So I Took My Son To A Playground In Poland...
Now THAT's what usually springs to mind when I hear "spotted d**k pudding"
‘Pudding’ comes from the Middle English ‘poding’ and the Old French ‘boudin’, both of which mean a sausage. ‘Pudding’ was common slang for the penis since at least the fifteenth century - so it's no suprise that's what would spring to mind.
Load More Replies...I don't see what's wrong with that. Haven't u ever been to "Gonorrhea Aventure Gardens"?
I show this to my children to emphasize the importance of safe sex.
If only someone would pet it and talk nicely to it, it may stand up straight.
Come And Play, Children
Child: *copies Pirate role model* Parental figure: where the hell did I go wrong?
The first time I read that, I thought it meant something else...
Load More Replies...I'm going to start texting this pic to my husband when I leave work with the caption "Omw. Is your pirate sword inflated?"
This Spiderman Children's Ride Has A Visible Panty Line
Well, I guess they just used a basemodel for a superman-type hero (knickers-on-the-outside-style) and repainted it as spiderman...
Looks like you are correct. That is Superman's pose.
Load More Replies...Hey, even spidey has to wear undergarments. Spandex is a b***h, ya'al. It's ok pal, happens to us all at some point.
That or a Kinnikuman / Ultimate Muscle character.
Load More Replies...Morg And Lisu
Make Fun Safe
Fun is bad, too many people get hurt because of fun. Now go over to that bench and watch paint dry.
Load More Replies...When I was a kid we slid on 80 foot stainless steel slides. Kids had a lot of broken bones back then...
You've got to climb over the green wall to slide down.... cmon! It's a metaphor for life for kids. Break through the barriers to find success. Or something like that. At least that's what the builder said.
you can have fun OR you can have safe--but you cannot have them BOTH! I would love to know what the rest of the sign says
Spotted At A Local Park On The Play Structure. Teaching Kids About The Planets... That Revolve Around The Earth...?
I tried really hard to make any sense of this. There's no sun and while the sizes of the rocky planets and the gas giants seem relatively accurate, the difference in the sizes between those two groups is completely out of scale. (and we all know the space aliens don't come from Saturn)
This Useless Playground Tic-Tac-Toe Board
OOH! FIRST TO TWO WINS! I WILL CHALLENGE ANYONE TO THIS— anyone under 5
To be fair kids tend to just spin these around as fast as they can. Or is it just mines?
It's really just a "tic" Board. No vertical "tac," no diagonal "toe"
Guess Donald Duck Really Likes Kids
You'd think designers would know by now that certain animals, cartoon characters and people do NOT make good playground rides/games/toys. Maybe it would be best to just put good quality equipment in a playground and give up on this kind of thing.
I don't see that there's anything wrong with having Donald Duck or any other certain animal or cartoon (well, except that bear). Just... maybe not set it up so that his face is in the kid's privates?
Load More Replies...That's Donald Duck's bowtie - but it does look like his tongue.
Load More Replies...The internet loves Donald Duck, the kid friendly cartoon! Update: we regret to inform you Donald Duck is a pedophile.
Winnie-the-Pooh doesn't either - what is up with that?? 😮 EDIT - Replied to the wrong post (puts glasses on...) - meant to be in response to glowworm2 - 'well, what did you expect from a duck that doesn't wear any pants?' I'm explaining rather than deleting as sometimes a deleted post really makes me wonder what it said'.
Load More Replies...This Monstrosity
So they can kill a child's hope and joy and teach them as soon as possible that the world is just going to crush their soul?
Load More Replies...Is that Homer Simpson with his fat stomach on the wrong way, when he was kid, furry eye brows and has ram horns. That is messed up.
Uhh... Spongebob?
If he stares into mine he'll quickly stop smiling....HRM.
Load More Replies...At The Playground
Designed by someone dyslexic? It's the kind of thing my husband would do with the form of dyslexia he has.
This Playground Of A Private Kindergarten In Omsk, Russia
It's also funny because there is a local mem in Russia: "Nobody leaves Omsk" :)
Load More Replies...Wish I could "like" more than once, this is the best!
Load More Replies...This is our dystopian future... This and giant animals with slides coming out their asses!!!
I guess they are trying to prevent antisocial behaviour by locking it at night and the lads were still getting in by jumping over the fence, to hang out drinking or whatever? Still, don't traumatise the kids!!
Kids Playground In Ukraine
It's pretty cool, but the metal slides... Those burn like there's no tomorrow.
In Coral Gables near Miami, they have a concrete nude status of a woman in this position. We used to play on her boobs. There was only a general shape & no genitalia, but we thought it was excitingly naughty to be able to play on a naked lady.
So I take it you find none of these playgrounds shocking? 😁
Load More Replies...I don't get whats wrong with this.... OH MY GOD LOOK AT ALL THE SLIDES!!! 3 seconds later: WHEEE!!!!
I'm Just Gonna Leave This Here
Winnie's inbred cousin who isn't allowed out on his own.
Winnie always was a little prone to addiction. Even in his good days.
It's educational really: - Mommy, Daddy, how are children made? - Come to the playground with me...
Awww - that's the Peter Maxx/yellow submarine slide in the Kiryat HaYovel neighborhood in Jerusalem (HaMfletset). It's been a much-loved park slide since the late 60's. My kids always begged to go to that park when they were kids and now their kids beg to go there too.
Well, that was different. You guys can sure can find it! I'm just glad my kids are grown and don't go to parks anymore. Those things would bever make it past my wise mouth husband!
That slide is like a hazard literally you can like if it's a boy sliding down it all just hit him in the nuts
Yonic is the female equivalent of phallic and as we have seen a very necessary in parental vocabs
It's educational really: - Mommy, Daddy, how are children made? - Come to the playground with me...
Awww - that's the Peter Maxx/yellow submarine slide in the Kiryat HaYovel neighborhood in Jerusalem (HaMfletset). It's been a much-loved park slide since the late 60's. My kids always begged to go to that park when they were kids and now their kids beg to go there too.
Well, that was different. You guys can sure can find it! I'm just glad my kids are grown and don't go to parks anymore. Those things would bever make it past my wise mouth husband!
That slide is like a hazard literally you can like if it's a boy sliding down it all just hit him in the nuts
Yonic is the female equivalent of phallic and as we have seen a very necessary in parental vocabs
